Combination vending, change making, and coin distributing machine



Nov. 1, 1932. s. M. COFFMAN 1,885,899

COMBINATION VENDING, CHANGE MAKING, AND COiN DISTRIBUTING MACHINE FiledJan. 20, 1930 Sheets-Sheet 1 230 I20. f. O 226. //4

INVENTOR I Samuel M. Coflinan,

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COMBINATION VENDING, CHANGE MAKING, AND COIN DISTRIBUTING MACHINE FiledJan. 20, 1930 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 1932- s. M, COFFMAN 1,885,89

COMBINATION VENDING, CHANGE MAKING, AND COlN DISTRIBUTING MACHINE FiledJan. 20,.1950 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 E- 272 266 65- 2 {L6 4 21-- l 27/ I 2735'1 300 3/5 I V INVENTOR Samuel M.C0f7"1nan W i new:

H QM j'pgipww ATTORNEY Nav. 1, 1932. s. M. COFFMAN 1,835,399

COMBINATION VENDING, CHANGE MAKING, AND COlN DISTRIBUTING MACHINE FiledJan. 20, 1950 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 "ll-II. Illllllllllllll \M BY 1 30%ATTORNEY INVENTOR 306 ;Z Samuel/VI Co jwzan,

Patented Nov. 1, 1932 aria ares SAIvIUEL M. COFFMAN', OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE. ASSIGNMENTS, T0 NATIONAL POSTAGE MACHINESCO. LTD. OF RENO, NEVADA, A CORPORATION OF NEVADA COMBINATION vnivnmcirniven MAKING, AND COIN DISTRIBUTING iviaorirnn' Applicationfiled Jane20,1930. Serial No. 422,043.

My invention relates in general to vend ing machines and moreparticularly to machines embodying vending, change making, coindistributing and coin returning mechanisms. The vending mechanism isarranged more particularly, in the present instance, for vendingarticle's which'must be severed from a strip comprising a series ofarticles attached toreach other, such as stamps, tickets and the like. V

The change making mechanism is designed to deliver the proper amount ofchange when a coin of greater value than the stamps desired is depositedin the machine.

The coin distributing mechanism is designed to distribute coins ofproper denominations for efiecting the delivery of stamps, into separatedepositories in the machine so that coins of one denomination will bedelivered into one depository and those of another denomination into adifferent depository. v

The coin returning mechanism is designed to return a coin to thedepositor when said coin is of less value than any stamp in the machine,it being understood that such coins will fail to effect the delivery ofa stamp, or stamps;

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of myinvention applied to a machine for vending stamps, tickets or otherarticles which are attached one to the other in the form of strips. Itwill be understood, however, that this par ticular embodiment of theinvention has been chosen for the purpose of illustration only and thatthe mechanism may take various forms without departing from the spiritof the invention. The invention is not limited to a device for vendingarticles which come in strips, but may be embodied, either in whole orin part, in a device for vending articles of various kinds, eitherattached or separated. The invention, in the presentinstance, isarranged for the use of coins to determine the number of stamps orarticles to be discharged, but checks or other similar devices may beused,'so it is to be understood that the word stamp? and coin are usedas terms of definition only and not as terms of limitation. I I

The vending mechanism shownv in the drawings, is substantiallythe samein construction and operation as that shown in my copending applicationfiled January 20, 1930, Serial No. 422,042, the main difl'erence beingthat, for the sake of simplicity, provision has' been made for handlingbut one strip ofconnected articles instead' of two strips as in saidcopending application. It'is to be understood, however, that thecap-acity ot the machine may be increased to handle as many strips asdesired by adding morevending units. I Y

Referring more particularly to the drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevationof the machin with the upper portion of a coin holder broken away.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine, with some of the parts insection. 1

Fig. 3 is a broken irregular vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

F ig. 4 is a broken plan view of the machine with some of the parts insection and the upper chute removed.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionon line 55 of F ig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, showing some oftheparts in an ad vanced position over that. disclosed by Figs. 2 and 3.j

Fig. 7 is a broken section on line 77' of F igr, with some of the partsremovedand others in'an advanced position over that disclosed by Fig. 6.v i

Fig. 8 is a detail rear elevation of the levers and some of theassociate parts of the change making. coin distributing and coinreturning mechanisms. i

Fig. 9 is a broken detail section ofthe coin holder and associated partson line 9-9 Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view showing a latch and associatedparts. a

Fig. 13 is a similar view to Fig. 12 with the rotary cam shown therebyin an advanced position. r

Fig. 14 is a detail of atrip mechanism with the parts in position forassembly.

Fig. 15 is a broken detail showing an abutment and associated parts.

Referring first more particularly to the vending mechanism of themachine it will be noted that the parts are carried on a frameconsisting in the present instance of a pair of standards 2, a pair ofsills 4 upon which said standards 2 are fixedly mounted, atransverse'member 6 uniting the upper ends of the standards 2, a pair ofbrackets8 rigidly secured to the rear portions of the standards 2intermediate the ends of the latter, and a guide plate 10 fixedlymounted upon'said brackets 8.

When the machine is designed for postage stamps or other articlesconnected in a strip as shown in the present instance, said strip,designated A, is arranged in the form of a roll removably supported upona stub shaft 12 projecting laterally from an arm 16 rockably mounted atits lower end upon a shaft 20,- so that said arm 16 may be swungbackwardly to the dotted line position, Fig. 5, and permit readyplacement of the roll upon the shaft 12.

After the shaft 12 has been supplied with the roll the upper end of thearm 16 is swung against the rear side of the guide plate 10 and when inthe latter position the roll A is held from lateral displacement by anarm 22, which, like the arm 16, is rockably mounted upon the shaft 20.-The shaft 20 is secured in the rear portions of the sills 4 and providedwith a sleeve 24 for spacing the arms 16 and 22 apart.

The free end of the strip A is manually threaded through ahorizontally-disposed slot 26 (Figs. 6 and 7) formed between the guideplate 10 and a guide plate 30, which latter is secured'upon said plate10. After being threaded through the guide slot 26 the strip A isadvanced between feed rollers, hereinafter described, and through aslotted guide bar 11 (Figs. 1, 6 and 7) untilits forward edge isflushwith the upper edge of a stationary blade 34 which is secured tothe front portions of the standards 2 and adapted to cooperate with anoscillatory blade in severing the stamps from the strip. After havingits forward edge adjusted flush with the blade 34 the strip A is heldfrom' accidental movement by a plurality ofpins 36 which pass downthrough the frontrow of perforations C in said strip.

The pins 36 are operably mounted in a head 40 fixedly mounted upon theforward end of a rod 48 (Figs. 6 and 7), secured at its rear portion ina rockable member 50 mount ed upon the rear end of the guide plate 30and normally held against shoulders 54 on said guide plate by means of aretractile spring 56.

Means for automatically raising the pins 36 from the guids slot 26 isprovided in the form of levers 68 and 71 operably mounted at their lowerends upon the guide plate 30. Said levers 68 and 71 are'provided attheir lower ends with fingers 72 and 7 3 which. are arranged to engagethe under portion of a pin 74 extending transversely through the rod 48for lifting the same to the position disclosed by Fig. 6, when either ofsaidlevers is swung towards the rear of the machine. The lever 68 isarranged to be swung rearwardly independently of the lever 71 byaplunger 76, while the lever 71 may be swung rearwardly independently ofthe lever 68 by a. plunger 79'. The plungers 7 6 and 7 9 (best shown byFigs, 1, 3 and 4), are secured upon rock-shaft 7 8 mounted in a yoke'80,which is ro-ckably mounted at its lower ends upon a shaft and normallyheld against a bar 146 by a coil spring 84.

The yoke 80 is arranged to be swung towards the rear of the machine bymeans of an abutment 88 (best shown by Figs. 6 and 15), pivotallymounted upon a bracket 92 fixed to one side of said yoke 80 and equippedwith a fixedly mounted stop 94 having upper and lower shoulders96 and98, respectively, for limiting the pivotal movement of said abutment 88.A retractile spring 100 is attached to the bracket 92 and the abutment88 for pulling the latter into engagement with the shoulder 98 andthereby lowering the en larged end 102 of said abutment into the path ofa. wrist pin104 atthe proper time, as hereinafter more fully described.7

The abutment 88 is normally held against the shoulder 96 and out of thepath of the wrist pin 104 by means of a coin-controlled arm-106pivotally secured at one end to the adjacent standard 2 and bent at itsopposite end which has a hole 110 through which the free end of a rod112 slidably extends, the other end of said rod being secured to therook-shaft Z8 for actuating the latter. The free end of the'arm 106 isnormally held in lowered position by a coil spring 114 attached atoneend to said arm and at its opposite end to one of a pair of brackets 116projectingrearwardly from the standards 2 of the machine frame.

The arm 106 is provided with a roller 118 (Figs. 1, 4 and 6) which isnormally held in engagement with the periphery of a rotary coin carrier120 means of the spring 114.

The coin carrier 120 consists preferably of a disk, as shown and isprovided with a pe ripheral pocket 122 for the reception of coins ofdifferent denominations, a coin D being shown in said pocket. When thecoin D is carried under theroller 118 it lifts the latter and the arm106 a distance dependent upon the denomination of the coin. Forinstance, with the parts as now proportioned, afivec-ent piece willraise the arm 106 to the dotted position, Fig. 2, at which point a lug124 at the freeend of said arm,.enters the upper notch 1260f a latch 128which is yieldably held in engagement with said lug 124 by means of aretractile spring 130.

As the free end of the arm 106 moves upwardly it releases the underlyingend of the abutment 88 and permits the spring to pull said abutment downinto engagement with the shoulder 98 of the stop 94, which operation.carries the large end 102 of the abutment into the path of the wrist pin104. hen the wrist pin 104 engages the abutment 88 it moves the latterto the position disclosed by Fig. 6 and causes said abutment to. swingthe yoke 80 rea-rwardly with the plungers 76 and 79. As said plungersmove rearwardly the plunger. 76, which is held at the proper pitch bythe arm 106 and the latch 128, engages alateral extension 136 projectingfrom one side of the lever 68 and rocks the latter rearwardly so thatthe finger 72 will lift the pins 36 out of the initial row ofperforations C in the strip A through the intermediary of the rod 48.and the head 40, which are raised against the action of the spring 56.

As the lever 68 is rocked, as stated, it carries a dog 138, pivotallyconnected to said lever, rearwardly against the action of a retractilespring 140. One end of the dog 138 is supported by the transverse bar146 which is secured to the standards 2 and provided with vertical slots148 in which the dog 138' and another like dog 139 are slidably mounted.The dog 138 is provided at its forward portion with a recess 150 locatedbetween shoulders 152 and 154, which are spaced apart a distanceslightly greater than the width of the bar 146, so that as said dog 138is carried rearwardly by the lever 68 the shoulder 152, which normallyrests in the bottom of the respective slot 148, will be drawn downwardlyby the spring 140 into engagement with the rearside of the bar 146 andlock the lever 68 in its rearward position (Fig. 6) The lever 68 remainslocked in the last-mentioned position after. the plunger 76 rear side ofsaid bar 146 and provided with a depending latch which is swung out ofengagement with the lower arm .162 of a carriage 164. Said carriage 164is rockably mounted upon the guide plate 10 and provided with a feedroller 166 adapted to coact with a feed roller 69,. fixedly mount-edupon the shaft 7 O, in advancing the strip A. After the arm 162 has beenreleased by the latch 160 the carriage 1164 is rocked by a ing theshoulder. 152 above the bottom of the slot 148 and allowing the dog 138to be restored to normal position by the spring 140.

As the dog 138 returns to normal position" it pulls the lever 68therewith which in turn permits the spring 56 to forcethe rockablemember 50, the and the head 40 downwardly. As the head 40 movesdownwardly it lowers the pins 36 upon the advancing strip A, as shown byFig. 7,'so thatsaid pins 36 will be inposition to enter one of the rowsof perforations C and thereby check further forward movement of saidstrip A after the same has been advanced to deliver one or more stamps,according to the position in which the trip mechanism 174 has been set,as will hereinafter more fully appear.

Shortly after the pins 36 enter the perforations C and check the forwardmovement of the strip A, a wrist pin 176 engages the under side ofanupper arm 178 on the forward portion of the carriage 164 and lifts thelatter until the lower carriage arm 162 is carried above the latch 160,which latter is then immediately swung beneath said arm 162 by aretractile spring 180 and continues to support the forward end of thecarriage 164 in raised position after the wrist pin 176 moves frombeneath said carriage arm 178. As the carriage-164 is lifted it carriesthe feed rod 48 roll 166 above the strip A to the position disclosed byFig. 6, so that the adhesive under side of said strip can not adhere tothe roller 69 during damp weather. The wristpins 104 and 176 projectlaterally from disks 182 and 184, respectively, fixedly mounted upon ashaft 186 which extends through arcuate slots 187 in the yoke 80 andisjournaled in the standards 2.

The rotary trip means 174, hereinbefore referred to, consists of a drum188 and a pair of disks 190 and 192 (Fig. 14).. Said disks 196 and 192are arranged at opposite ends of the drum 188 which is fixedly mountedupon a driven shaft 194 journaled in the rear ends of the brackets 116.The drum188 is pro:

vided at its ends with studs 196 and 198, the

former of which is adapted to enter any one of a series of holes 200 inthe disk 190, for driving the latter while the stud 198 is adapted toenter any one of a series of holes 202 in the disk 192 for causing thelatter to rctate with the drum. The disks 190 and 192 are looselymounted upon the shaft 194 and to correspond with the'number of holes ineach of the disks 190 and 192. Said disks 190 and 192 are provided withtrip pins 208 and 212, respectively, that project overt-he drum 188 andcoact with the index numerals 206 in being properly positioned withrespect to the dogs 138 and 139 to effect delivery of the desired numberof stamps from t strip A. The trip pin 208 is arranged-to contact withthe upper edge of a shoulder 214 on the rear portion of the dog 138after the latter has been carried by the lever 68 to the positiondisclosed by Fig. 6 and depress said rear end, thereby freeing theshoulder 152 from engagement with the rear surface of the bar 146 sothat said dog 138 may be returned to normal position by the spring 140,as hereinbefore mentioned.

By constructing the rotary trip means 174 as above described, it may beset to cause any number of stamps from one to live, inclusive, to bedelivered from the strip A on the insertion of a single coin in themachine. For instance, if it is desired to deliver but one stamp for onecoin the disk 190 is adjusted to cause the trip pin 208 to registerwiththe index numeral 1 on the drum 188. This operation places the pin208 in position to trip the dog 138 in time to allow the pins 36 toenter the second row of perforations C and check the forward movement ofthe strip A when the foremost stamp is in position to be severed fromsaid strip. If it is desired to deliver two stamps for one coin the disk190 is adjusted backwardly until the trip pin 208 registers withthe'index numeral 2, which operation causes said trip pin totravel'through a greater are anddelay the tripping of the dog 138 andthe lowering of the pins 36 until two stamps'have been fed into positionto be'severed from said strip A. Likewise three, four, or live stampsmay be delivered for a single coin by adjusting the disk 190 backwardlyuntil the trip pin 208 registers with the proper index numeral 206.

The shafts 70, 186 and 194 are driven by and 4) consisting of a pinion216 journaled upon a stub shaft 218 secured to the adjacent standard 2,a small gear Wheel 220 intermeshing with said pinion 216 and fixedlymounted upon the feedroll shaft 7 O, a large gear wheel 222 intermeshingwith said small gear wheel 220 and fixedly mounted upon the shaft 186,and a large gear wheel224 intermeshing with said large gear wheel 222and fixedly mountedupon the shaft 194.

The large gear wheel 224 is provided at one'side with a projection 226and at its other side with acam 228 having a cavity 230 opposite saidprojection 226.

Two rollers 232 and 234 are disposed at opposite sides of thelarg? earwheel 224, he roller 232 being arranged in the path of theprojection'226 in order to be moved in one direction by the latter andcarry the roller 234 into the cavity 230for the purpose of rocking anoscillatory shaft 236 in one direction, As the projection 226 passes outof engagement with the roller 232 the cam 228 engages the roller 234 andmoves the latter with theroller 232 in the opposite direction to reversethe movement of the shaft 236. The rollers 232 and234 are carried by abifurcated member 238 fixedly mounted upon the shaft 236 which isiournaled in bearings 242 and provided at its forward end with the blade35 which coacts with the stationary blade 34 in severing the stamps fromthe strip A. The pinion 216 may be manually driven by a crank. or it canbe driven by a pulley 250 which in turn may be belted to an electricmotor or other source of power, not shown.

Coins are introduced into the pocket of the coincarrier 120 through anupper chute 254 and after being carried under the roller 118 aredischarged, in a central chute 256 beneath which a receptacle E islocated. Forwardly and rearwardly projecting branch chutes 258 and 260,respectively, communicate with opposite sides of the intermediateportion of the central chute 256, the former communicating with saidcentral chute 256 at a lower point than the branch chute 260, as shownby Fig. 2. The branch chute 258 is designed, in the present instance, toreturn the coins passing therethrough to the depositor, while areceptacle F is placed beneath thebranch chute 260 to receive the coinsdischarged from the latter. 2

The central and branch chutes form important features of the coindistributing mechanism which will now be described in detail, 262designates a lower deflector for directing coins of a certaindenomination into the chute 258, and 264 designates an upper deflectorfor deflecting coins of another denomination into the branch chute 260.As more clearly shown by Figs. 2 and 8, the deflectors in order todirect the differentcoins into the respective chutes when saiddeflectors are moved to active position across the central chute 256,which latter is provided at one side with slots 266 and 268 throughwhich.

the respective deflectors enter and leave said central chute 256.

The deflectors 262 and 264 are mounted upon arms 265 and 266,respectively, which The lever 27 2 is mounted upon a fulcrum 278 andextends upwardly above a latch 273 pivotally mounted upon the adjacentbracket 116 and yieldably connected to said lever 272 by means of aretractile sprin 280. The latch 27 9 is provided with a shoulder 281 forengagement with the lever 272 and an arm 282 for engagement with theprojection 22 on the large gear wheel 222. The lever 272 is providedwith a lateral projection 284 for contact by a plunger 286 fixedlymounted upon the shaft 78 and which coacts with the spring 280 incontrolling said lever 272.

The lever 27 3 is mounted upon a fulcrum 287 and has its upper end 288projecting into thepath of an arm 289 extending upwardly from thedog'l39 against which it is yieldably held by a coil spring 290, Figs. 3and 6. Referring now more particularly to the change making mechanism,300 designates a vertically disposed tube for holding coins G,

of suitable denomination, to be used in mak ing change. Said tube- 300is removably mounted at its lower end upon a supporting member 302provided at its upper portion with a transverse slot 304 which registerswith a slot 306 in the bottom 308 or" the tube 300. The support 302 isprovided with a stud 307 for entering a notch 309 in the lower margin ofthe tube 300 to insure registry of the slot 306 with the slot 304. Thelower portion of the tube 300 is'provided with a coin outlet 310extending upwardly a suitable distance above the slotted bottom 308 topermit a number of coins to be simultaneously ejected. v

312 designates a sleeve slidably mounted upon the lower portionofthe'tube 300 for regulating the number of coins which may be coinoutlet 310. Means for securing the.

sleeve 312 at any point in its vertical adjustment is provided in theform of an arm 316 secured at its upper end to the tube 300 and providedat its lower end with a set screw 318 adapted to engage the sleeve 312.The tube 300 is provided with a stud 311 (Fig. 6) for entering a slot313 in the upper portion of the sleeve 312 to prevent the latter fromturning upon said tube 300. Guides 315 project forwardly from the sleeve312 and at opposite sides of the outlet 314, for preventing the coinsfrom slipping sidewise off of a coin ejector 324, until said ejector hasalmost reached the end of its forward movement,

The sleeve 312 is provided with a-rear wardly projecting guide 320having a longitudinal groove 322 in which the coin ejector 324 isslidably mounted. Said coin ejector 324 projects through the slots 304and 306 in the supporting member 302 and the tube 300, respectively, andis provided at its forward portion with a recess 325 for the receptionof a number of the lowermost coins within the tube 300. The recess 325is formed between front and rear shoulder 326 and 327, and the loweredge of said recess isbeveled asindicated at 328 so that the'coins willfall therefrom in the direction of the inclination as shown by Fig. 11,when expelled by the plunger 324.

The intermediate portion of the coin ejector 324 is pivotally mountedupon a lever 330 which. extends downwardly and rearwardly and isoperably connected by a pivot 332 to the lower portion of a lever334fulcrumed at 336 to the adjacent bracket 116. The rear end of thelever 330. and the lower end of the lever 334 are yieldably connected Iby a retractile spring 338 as shown by Figs.

3 and 6, in such manner as to yieldably hold the ejector 324 in theguide 320 and cause may be'readily disconnected from the lever 68 by anauthorized person whenever desired. 324 tobe manually operated Withoutoperat ing the lever 68, when it is desired to empty the tube 300 ofcoins.

Assuming that the strip A consists of twocent stamps, change anddifferent numbers 5 stamps may be obtained as follows:

First, the tube, 300 is supplied with pen-.

nice and the sleeve 312 is raised high enough to permit three pennies tobe ejected through the openings 310 and 314, after which the trip pin208 isadjusted to register withthe index numeral 1 on the drum 188 andthe trip pin 212 is adjusted to register with the The link 340 alsopermits the lever;

index numeral After the'foregoing adjustments have been made a two-centstamp and three pennies in change may be obtained by depositing a nickelin the machine.

said nickel lifts the roller 118 the arm 106 permit the vendingmechanism to deliver one stamp. The lever 68 also advances the ejec-'tor 324 through t e intermediary of the levers-334 and 330, and as-saide ector advances it delivers three pennies lIl change to the purchaserof the stamp. When the carrier 120,

in its rotation, discharges the nickel into the main chute 256, saidnickel is conducted by said chute to the receptacle E.

If five two-cent stamps are desired a dime is deposited in the machineand upon being carried around to the roller 118 lifts the latter untilthe lug 124 enters: the lowermost notch 126 in the latch 128. Theforegoing operation places the plunger 7 9 in position to operate thelever'71, which in turn effects the elevation of the pins 36 and permitsthe vendmg mechanism to deliver five stamps. The lever 71 also moves thedeflector across the chute 256, so that the dime will be directed intothe receptacle F by the branch chute 260, through the intermediary ofthe dog 139, the lever 273, the cam 269 and the arm 266.

Should a penny be deposited in the ma-- 1 chine no stamps or change w1llbe delivered,

but it will eii'ect the lifting of the arm 106 until the lug 124 entersthe intermediate notch 126 of the latch 128. The foregomg operationplaces the plunger 286in position to swing the lever 272 rearwardly,which in turn effects the return of the penny tothe depositor throughthe intermediary of the cam 268, the arm 265, the deflector 264 and thebranch chute 258. The lever 272 is held in its rearward position by thelatch 279 until the latter is disengaged from said lever 272 by means ofthe projection 226.

While I have shown the machine equipped V with only one unit forhandling one roll of stamps, it is to be understood that additionalunits for handling more rolls may be provided. Also the number of stampsdischarged for each coin may be varied if desired by proper adjustmentof the rotary trip mechanism 174. A profit may also be ob tained bylowering the sleeve 312 a distance equal to the thickness of one pennysothat only two pennies in change instead of three will be ejected whena nickelis deposited in the machine for stamp.

From the foregoing description, taken inthe'purchase of atwo-cent may beenclosed in a case,-but as the-latter forms no part of the presentinvention it has not been shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In a machine of the character described, a coin holder, areciprocatory ejector for ejecting coins from said holder, aguide forsaid ejector, an element operably connected to the intermediate portionof said ejector to actuate the latter, meanswhereby said element iscaused toyieldably hold the ejector in operative relation with saidguide, and means for operating said element- 2. In a machine of thecharacterdescribed, a coin holder, a reciprocatory ejector for ejectingcoins from said holder, a guide for said ejector, an element operablyconnected to said ejector, a member for actuating said element, suitablemeans for actuating said member, and spring means yieldably connectingadjacent portionsof the element and said member. 7 i

3. In a machine of the character described, a coin holder having aslotted bottom and a coin outletfadjacent' to said bottom, "a coinejector slidable in said slotted bottom, a

sleeve adjustably mounted upon said coin holder for regulating thenumber of coins e ected, means on said sleeve for gu1d1ng the ejector,an element operably connected to the intermediate portion of saidejector to actuate the latter, means whereby said element is caused toyieldably hold the ejector in operative relation with said guide, andmeans for operating said. element.

4. Inamachine of thecharacter described, a coin holder, an ejector fordischarging coins from said holder, a sleeve adjustably mounted uponsaid coin holder for regulating the,

number of coins ejected, .a guide on said sleeve for the ejector, anelement operably;

connected to the intermediate portion of said e ector, a'lever foractuating saidelement, means operably connecting sald element and thelever near one end of each, and'spring means connecting the adjacentends of said element and the lever. Y

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SAMUEL M. COFFMAN.

